Refrigerator for bottled goods.



No. '735,403. PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903. ;13. P. OSBORNE.

` REFRIGERATOR FOB. BOTTLED GOODS.

APPLIAIION PILBD OOT. 26. 1899. KO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES 'PATENT Patented August 4, 1903;

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EUGENE F. SORNE, OF CHICAGO; ILILNOIS, ASSIGNO BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO SAID OSBORNE AND CAGO, ILLINOIS.

"REFR'IGER'AT'OR FOR MOTTE 'MART IN,` TRUSTEES, OF CHI- eoTTL'ED cooost SPECIFICATIN gamin part of Letters Patent No. 73'5,4o3, dated August 4,190&

Original application filed July 26, 1899, Serial No. 7Z5,151.

Divided and` this application filed October 26, 1899. Serial No. 734 856. (No model.)

To all whom it ma /y conccrn: a V Be it known that I, EUGENE F. OSBORNE, of Chicago, in the county of Cook'and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and us`efullmprovementsin Refrigerators for Bottled Goods; and I do hereby declare that the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thei-cof, reference being had to the accona panying drawings, and tothe letters of refp erence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel form of refrigerator for bottled goods-such as champagne, beer, and the like-of that class in which the -refrigerating agent consists of a liquefiable gas which is delivered to the refrigerating device under pressure and is therein expanded, with the result of absorbing the heat from the liquor contained with- 4 zo in the bottle.

The invention consists in the mattei s here inafter set forth, and moreparticularly pointedout in the appended claims. 4 i

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an' axial sec-4 2 5 tion of a refrigerating device'made in accord-` ance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a section taken online 3 3 of Fig. 1. Figs.4 and 5 are details of a reducing-valve forming part of the refriger- As shown in the drawings, A dcsignatcs an inclosure which is of-circu1ar form in cross-` section and which is provided with a bottom wall A' and a top wallA?. Said top wall is 3 5 provided with a removable cover B.

C designates a cylindric casing depending p from the-top wall of the inclosure and extending almost to thebottom of said iuclosure and provided with a bottom wall C';

D designates an inner cylindric casing arrangcd concentric with the casing C" and which is Suspended from the top wall of the inclosure and is also closed by a bottom wall p C', which is located above the bottom wall A' of the outer casing.

' E designates a pipe which leads from a suitable source of liquefiable-gas supply to the refrigerating device. Said pipe passes downwardly through the upper wall of the receptacle and is connected at its lower end as hereinbefore described.

near the lower end of the casing with a head F. G designates a coiled pipe which is located within said inner cylindric casing 0 and at its lower end is connected with the head F, with which it is in communication 'and through which it is connected With the delivery-pipe E. Said delive-y-pipe is provided adjacent to the refrigerator with a cutbetween the length of its part within the in- 'closurehwith an eXpansion-valve H. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in detail in Figs.

4 and 5:) Said valve consists of a couplingsleeve H', with which the adjacent ends of the pipe-sections forming the inlet-pipeare connected; Said sleeveis provided with an apertured ldiaphragm H the aperture of which is screW-threaded and is engaged bya screw-threaded plug I. Said plugI is providedon one sidethereof with aslot 'L', which iswider at one end thereof than the other. With this construction the turning of the plug into and out of the diaphragm varies the size of the passage through said diaphragm and therefore the quantity of fluid which may pass through the pipe.

The refrigerating mixture, medium, or agent passes through the coil G"to the opening d, thence into the space betweenthe aas-- ings C and D, and from said space through the opening cin the outer casing G to the space between said outer casing and the side wall of the inclosure. From said last-mentioned space it is discharged through a short pipe a to any suitable point for disposal. In this Construction the refrigerating agent will `desirably be conducted to the refrigerating device in the form of liquid and gasified at the reducing-valve within the delivery-pipe,

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I claim as my invention- 1. A refrigerator for bottled goods comprising an inclosure, a coil therein which incioses a central space open at one end of the coil, a door in the inclosnre at the open end of the coi1-, a pipe connected at one end with the coil for snpplying a refrigerating agent under pressure, said coil having an outlet' at its other end, said inoiosure being construoted to provide outside of the coil a pluraiity of spaces which have communication with each other, one of said spaces communicating with the outlet end of the coil and another discharging outside the inclosure.

2. Arefrigerator for bottled goods com prising an inclosure, a centrally-arranged coiled 'pipe therein, an inlet-pipe for the refrigerating agentprovided with an expansion-valve and connected at its lower end with said coiled pipe, a casing surrounding said coiled pipe, a similar casing surrounding said firstmentioned casing, said coiled pipe opening at its discharge end into the space between the two casings and the said outer casing being provided with an opening which comm ui nicates with a space between said outer casing and the wall of the inclosure, and said inclosnre being provided with an exhaust opening.

3. A refrigerator for bottled goods comprising an inclosure, an inlet-pipe which passes through the upper wall thereof to the lower end of the inclosure and is provided between its ends with an expansion-valve, a coiled pipe located in said receptacle and connected with'said inlet-pipe, said coiled pipe being provided at its upper end with a dischargeopening, said expansion-valve comprising a sieeve which is screw-threaded atits end for engagement with the adjacent ends of the inlet-pipe and provided between its ends with apertured, screw-threaded diaphragm, and a plug having screw-threaded engagement with said aperture of the diaphragn and provided with a tapered groove in its side.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as m'y invention I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 19th day of Octo ber, A. D. 1899.

EUGENE F. OSBORNE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM L. HALL, GERTRUDE BRYCE. 

